.The Italian Job is one of the most beloved in British history It's about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jamParamount Pictures chief Robert Evans originally wanted Robert Redford to play the part of CharlieBritish Motor Corporation, the owners of the Mini, refused to donate any cars to the film. The boss of Fiat Motors, offered to donate all the cars they needed, including Fiat 500s in place of the Minis. The director, however, decided that, as it was a very British film, it should be British Minis. Fiat's boss still donated scores of cars for filming, as well as the factory grounds, and even though the authorities refused to close the roads, the Italian Mafia stepped in, and shut whole sections of Turin down for filming, so the traffic jams in the film are real, as are people's actions during it.The red sports car seen during the opening titles is a Lamborghini Miura which, with a top speed of 170 miles per hour, was one of the fastest cars available at the time